Beams Collection (page 4)

Woodworm and Dry Rot
Examples of damage caused by woodworm and dry rot, to timber taken from St. Marys Church, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Cruck-Beam Gable
A derelict cruck-beam house (being demolished), at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. This was one of the very earliest forms of building construction. Date: 19th century

King George V Silver Jubilee celebrations, 1935
St Pauls Cathedral, Wrens masterpiece, chosen as the scene of the Silver Jubilee Service of Prayer and Thanksgiving on the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V to the throne. Date: 1935

German battleship sinking at night, WW1
An artists impression of a German battleship sinking at night, with searchlights flashing in all directions, during the First World War. Date: 1916

Wartime poster seeking blood donors. They ve got him! Have we got you as a blood donor? With a space at the bottom for details of a local donation centre

Country Living Room
The interior of an English cottage, with exposed beams on the ceiling and an inglenook fireplace. Date: 1960s

Welding an aluminium roof - Liquid Methane tank
A welder seam welds the aluminium roof of a large domed liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Installation of the roof for a liquid methane tank
Two welders, standing on a scaffold, use spanners to tighten the nuts securing sections of the centrepoint of a large domed roof for an aluminium liquid methane tank at Canvey Island

Seam welding under arc lighting
A stunning composition photograph of two welders seam welding the domed aluminium roof of a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Building the framework for a domed roof
A welder seam welds aluminium plate whilst sitting on the edge of a centre section of a domed roof, built to cover a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Building the roof of a liquid methane tank
Two welders work on the domed aluminium roof of a large liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Crystal Palce / Brick Beam
3 diagrams showing the tests undertaken to establish which material, Roman or Portland cement, would provide the stronger hollow bricks for use in the exhibition beams

Burglar alarm designs
Burglar detection by invisible beams. Once the beam is broken a alarm bell rings and a lamp lights up. The invisible rays ran across windows or doors to prevent entry

American Mail Plane 1927
An American mail plane lands at night, guided by beams from the airfield below

Scaffolding / Beverley
A stunning view of the framework scaffolding used to move the North front of Beverley Minster back over its base foundation after it had shifted due to subsidence

Reading Room Brit Museum
Construction of the great Reading Room of the British Museum, the forerunner of the British Library

Bomber in Searchlight
A German bomber is caught in the beams of three Russian searchlights, making it a fine target for the anti-aicraft guns

Shakespeare / Hathaway Cot
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Interior view of Ann Hathaways Cottage, with two children enjoying a meal

Cottage Hall 1904
The hall of a country cottage for the well-to-do

Futuristic exploration of the underwater world by means of a submarine shining beams of light in the darkness

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